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Scientific Name - Legousia speculum-Veneris (L.) Chaix. Synonyms - speculate speculum-Veneris Popular names - flower Saint Friday, Venus looking glass Distribution and Habitat - increases in grain fields, sunny areas, up to 800 m altitude. Description - annual species, fibrous roots. Ramified stem, edges, more or less pubescent, 10-40 cm high. Leaves basal, oblong-spatulate, obtuse tip; cauline leaves 0.5-2.5 x 0.3-1 cm, oblong-obovate, wavy edges, Sesi, semi-amplexicaule. Inflorescence branched, terminal. Flowers 1.5-2.3 cm in diameter, Sesi. Calyx 0.7-0.8 cm, green, five sepa linear, top acute recurv, pubescent. Corola 0.9-1.1 cm, violet-purple with a cream-based pataalb, five petals ovata, obtuse or acute mucron the top. Stamens 5, filaments white, anthers cream. Blooms in May-July. Capsule 1.0-1.5 cm oblunga, dehiscenta, persistent calyx. Seeds oval, glossy brown. 2n = 20 Propagation - the seeds germinate in 16 days. Curiosity - French botanist Legousia is dedicated Legouz name of Garland, founder of the botanical gardens in Digione 1773-Veneris speculum = mirror round Aphrodite because of the corolla. Speculum-Veneris Legousia can become invasive of cereal fields.
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Viola odorata - bluebells
Viola odorata - herbaceous plant, perennial, native to Europe and Asia Minor, grows through groves, bushes, meadows, deciduous forest edge, in plain and hilly region. Phlox subulata
Semi-evergreen or evergreen species that cover the ground well. Leaves linear alternee or rosettes on stems, 1.5-2 cm long and 2 mm wide, Sesia, subulate. Cimoasa blossom or panic terminal flower formed of 3.9. Corola formed of 5 petals emarginate at top, obovata, 1 cm long, 5 mm wide, glabra, 1.3 cm long tube. 5 stamens, in the corolla tube of different heights. Impatiens parviflora
Impatiens parviflora - species herbaceous annual. Hailing from northeast Asia, Europe grow in the forests of beech, river edges, from 500 to 1200 m altitude. Musa sp. - Bananas
Herbaceous perennial, 2-9 m high. Fibrous roots may reach up to 1.5 m deep. Trunk false shoots. 6-20 leaves arranged spiral around the edge at first, wrapped trunk. Unisexuate hermaphrodite flowers in bunches, each bunch is covered by a red to purple bracts. Thlaspi montanum L.
Thlaspi montanum var. montanum is toxic and cause death of larvae of Pieris rapa. Thlaspi montanum var. siskiyouense is a serpentine endemic from southwestern Oregon. Magnoliopsida
Solanum dulcamara - dog grapes, beef Jew
Voluble species, perennial. The stem can reach 2-3 m in length, based lignificata, branched. Leaves alternate, petiolate, ovat-lanceolata, acuminata peak, the cordiforme, lower leaves entire, the upper consisting, folio 3, higher than the central foliole side. Panic blossom end, 10-20 flowers. Caesalpinia gilliesii
Caesalpinia gilliesii - a species native to temperate and subtropical regions of South America, grown on every continent as an ornamental species in parks and gardens, may naturalize in areas where the climate is favorable. Pelargonium Zonal (L.) L' Herit - Muscat
Perennial, stem thick, not very branched, 30-50 cm high. Rotundiforme leaves, 5-7 lobes, tomentoase, ribs obvious upside. Zigomorfe flowers, single or double, meeting in umbele. Calyx with 5 SEPA, green, lanceolata, acute. Corola 4.5-5 cm diameter, 5.7 petals, orbiculare, 2.3-1.8 cm. Blooms in March-septmbrie. Mahonia aquifolium Nutt.
Evergreen shrub. Stem erect, 0.8-2 m high. Imparipenat-compound leaves, 5-11 Folio, ovat-lanceolata, 3-7 cm long, needle-thorny edges, shiny dark green on the upper face and pale green inside. Viola biflora
Viola biflora - perennial, herbaceous. Increase in floor subalpine woods, wet rocks, side streams, on limestone. |
 
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